Interstate Commerce: Debate in Forty-Eighth Congress, Second Session [-Fiftieth Congress], on the Bill (H.R. 5461) to Establish a Board of Commissioners of Interstate Commerce and to Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c |
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... persons claiming to be damaged by the violation of the act by any common carrier may either make complaint to the com- mission as provided in the Senate bill , or may institute suits for the recovery of damages in their own behalf in ...
... persons claiming to be damaged by the violation of the act by any common carrier may either make complaint to the com- mission as provided in the Senate bill , or may institute suits for the recovery of damages in their own behalf in ...
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... person on the trial of any criminal proceeding . Section 15 of the Senate bill is amended by making the words " all necessary traveling expenses , " in line 16 , read as follows : " all neces- sary expenses for transportation . " Nine ...
... person on the trial of any criminal proceeding . Section 15 of the Senate bill is amended by making the words " all necessary traveling expenses , " in line 16 , read as follows : " all neces- sary expenses for transportation . " Nine ...
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... person in the United States . It will give us twenty - four hours to consider the bill . I do not propose at this time to discuss the bill , but I will say that so far as I understand the report its essential provisions are such as the ...
... person in the United States . It will give us twenty - four hours to consider the bill . I do not propose at this time to discuss the bill , but I will say that so far as I understand the report its essential provisions are such as the ...
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... person or persons a greater or less compensation for any service rendered , or to be rendered , in the transportation of passengers or property , subject to the provisions of this act , than it charges , demands , collects , or receives ...
... person or persons a greater or less compensation for any service rendered , or to be rendered , in the transportation of passengers or property , subject to the provisions of this act , than it charges , demands , collects , or receives ...
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... person or persons a greater or less compensation for the transportation of passengers or property , or for any services in connection there with , than is specified in such published schedule of rates , fares , and charges as may at the ...
... person or persons a greater or less compensation for the transportation of passengers or property , or for any services in connection there with , than is specified in such published schedule of rates , fares , and charges as may at the ...
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Page 144 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 458 - ... that upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this act, such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property ; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this act.
Page 9 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith...
Page 359 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.